Given name & surname
Robb
“one who is bright with fame”
Robb is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Robb is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Robb as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Robert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robb through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,194
- 3,194 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 246 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,491 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,491 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 246 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,084 as a first name in 2020; 12,860 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Robb’s family of names
In English usage, Robb as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Robert. Robb has a related form in Rob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Robb
- Robb FlynnAmerican guitarist and vocalistborn 1967
- Robb WellsCanadian actorborn 1971
- Robb RoyerAmerican songwriterborn 1942
- Robb BanksAmerican rapperborn 1994
- Robb Hollandracecar driverborn 1967
- Robb KulinAmerican aerospace engineerborn 1983
- Robb DerringerAmerican actorborn 1967
- Robb NenAmerican baseball playerborn 1969
Characters named Robb: Robb Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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